Enterasys Networks 5H1XX User Manual
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RFC 1213 (MIB II)......................................................................... 11-2
RFC 1493 (BRIDGE MIB) ............................................................. 11-3
RFC 1573 (INTERFACES EVOLUTION MIB) .............................. 11-3
RFC 1643 (ETHERNET-LIKE MIB) .............................................. 11-3
RFC 1757 (RMON MIB)................................................................ 11-3
IEEE 802.1Q (Q MIB) ................................................................... 11-4
Enterasys Proprietary MIB Extensions.......................................................... 11-4
Compiling MIB Extensions: Enterasys Website ............................................ 11-4
General ...........................................................................................................A-1
A.1.1
Spanning Tree Features .................................................................A-1
Spanning Tree Protocol in a Network .............................................................A-2
Spanning Tree Protocol Parameters...............................................................A-3
A.3.1
Spanning Tree Protocol Operation .................................................A-4
Communicating Between Bridges...................................................A-4
Selecting a Root Bridge and Designated Bridges...........................A-4
Selecting Designated Ports.............................................................A-4
Handling Duplicate Paths................................................................A-5
Remapping Network Topology........................................................A-5
VLANs and Frame Tagging.............................................................................B-1
Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames ...........................................................B-3
Forwarding Traffic with Unknown VLAN Tags ................................................B-3